Background

Mr. Samuel Valenti, III, also known as Sam, serves as the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of Valenti Capital LLC and World Capital Partners L.L.C. Mr. Valenti serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Valenti Capital. He serves as Senior Advisor to GreenLeaf Trust Bank. Mr. Valenti served as the President of Masco Capital Corporation since 1988 until 2008. Formerly, he was a Senior Executive, Corporate Officer, and ... 40 year veteran of Masco Corporation. Mr. Valenti was the youngest person to be named Vice President of Masco. He served as Senior Managing Director and Partner of Heartland Industrial Partners LP previously serving as Special Advisor to Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P. until November 2005. Mr. Valenti served as Vice President of Investments of Masco Corp. from May 1974 to October 1998, Director from 1988 to March 2008, and Senior Executive and Corporate Officer from May 1977 to October 1998 and serves as its Chairman. He served as a leader for over 25 years of a team of investment professionals involved in a wide array of investment activities including stock and bond investment, commodity hedging, merger and acquisition analysis, and venture capital investing. He serves on the Harvard Business School Advisory Council for Global Corporate Governance, the Advisory Council at the University of Notre Dame, and the Advisory Boards of Questor, Long Point, Doll Capital, Camelot. He serves as Chairman at Detroit Renaissance Venture Fund, L.P. He has been the Chairman of Trimas Corp. since June 2002 and served as its Executive Chairman from November 2005 to November 2008. He serves on the Advisory Board at the University of Michigan Business School Zell-Lurie Institute. He is a Director of American Axle Corporation. Mr. Valenti served as Chairman of Business Leaders for Michigan and serves as its Director. Mr. Valenti is one of the 80 members of the Business Leaders for Michigan. He has been an Independent Director at American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. since October 31, 2013. He served as a Director of Oldco M Corporation from November 28, 2000 to July 2006. Mr. Valenti is the former Chairman of the Investment Advisory Board of the $50 billion State of Michigan retirement system. In his nearly 20 year participation with the Advisory Board, Mr. Valenti spearheaded the State’s initial investments in venture capital as well as a broad range of alternative investments. He served as an Advisor of Financial Services & Insurance for TMX Communications Inc. Mr. Valenti served as a Director of Collins & Aikman Corp. and Collins & Aikman Products Co. from February 2001 to September 2004; Metaldyne Corp. from November 28, 2000 to July 11, 2006, and Arbor Drugs Inc. since 1992. He served as a Director of Children's Hospital, Director of Masco Capital Corp. from 1988 to March 2008 and served as Director for the Center for Creative Studies. Mr. Valenti was Crain’s Newsmaker of the Year for 2007; recipient of the 2010 “Spirit of Michigan” award, presented at the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition and was presented the 2012 Crain’s M&A Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Valenti holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, and a Masters of Arts degree in Economics, with distinction, from Western Michigan University.

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